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And onto the final piece, the paint...
I'd actually booked this in a while ago to get painted and had asked for something based on the old Marin Eldridge frames from the early 90s:
Then thought no, black is always cool, then baby pink, then our painter surprised me with a bright pink track bike so maybe back to yellow...then a customer got a dope matt grey and white...and so on and so on, it was a tough one!
We also had a customers bike recently that paired an anthracite grey with a bright yellow and it popped so good, paired with a soft touch clear coat I liked it a lot:
I was sure I wanted it to be quite simple and did a few mock ups, then narrowed it down to 4:
But really it's a black bike! and to me it loaded up with all black everything just works so I decided to base it on one of my favorite paintjobs from my old Orlowski :
so simple, so good!
And so it's decided! Soft touch anthracite grey with yellow logos and I told the painter he can choose or mix the yellow so long as it pops. He was a little "meh, boring" as it's not a super exciting paintjob and with little creative freedom but happy as it gives him a chance to try out some sort of matt surface sealant which is supposed to seal to the paint from grime and oils without affecting the look